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In Bangladesh, local people are feeling the heat of climate change.
 
Once a 250 square kilometer island, Kutubdia has been reduced to just 37 square kilometers within a century and more than half of the population has been forced to leave.

And it is not the only island put at risk by global warming.

A rise of just one metre, which some say could be reached this century, means Bangladesh could lose nearly 20 per cent of its land, forcing tens of millions of people to leave their homes.

If sea levels keep rising, millions are at risk of becoming environmental refugees.

On this edition of 101 East, we ask if industrial countries should be held responsible for climate refugees.

This episode of 101 East aired from Thursday, May 14, 2009 at the following times GMT: Thursday: 1230; Friday: 0300; Saturday: 0530, 1730; Sunday: 0330, 1130; Monday: 1630; Tuesday: 0600, 1430; Wednesday: 0830, 1930.